Uttar Pradesh

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A female journalist was gang-raped while on assignment in the
Mirzapur district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on March 27,
2014, according to news
reports. The journalist, who works with a Haridwar-based daily in the
neighboring state of Uttarakhand, was working on a story about a historic
pilgrimage site in the area, the reports said.

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New
York, September 10, 2013--An Indian journalist was killed late Saturday while
covering clashes between Hindus and Muslims that erupted in the northern state of
Uttar Pradesh, according to news reports.

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New
York, August 28, 2013--Indian authorities must investigate the motives behind
the murder of a local journalist in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh last
week, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.